Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a.

Tiziano Di Fede

Renzo Bellei

A unit ( ) for sterilizing strip packaging material ( ) with preapplied opening devices ( ) on a packaging machine ( ) for packaging pourable food products, the unit ( ) having a bath ( ) for containing a sterilizing agent in which the material ( ) is fed continuously, and an aseptic chamber ( ) having an input ( ) connected to an output of the bath ( ); the aseptic chamber ( ) houses two drying rollers ( ) cooperating with opposite faces of the material ( ) and having respective recesses ( ) at a longitudinal portion ( ) of the material ( ) fitted with the opening devices ( ), and two nozzles ( ) for directing sterile air onto the longitudinal portion ( ) of the material ( ).

Unit for sterilizing strip material on a packaging machine for packaging pourable food products, and packaging machine comprising such a unit

A unit ( ) for sterilizing strip packaging material ( ) on a packaging machine ( ) for packaging pourable food products, the unit ( ) having a bath ( ) for containing a sterilizing agent in which the packaging material is fed continuously; an aseptic chamber ( ) having an input ( ) connected to an output of the bath ( ); and an auxiliary recirculating circuit ( ) having a blower ( ) for aspirating air from the aseptic chamber ( ), and two nozzles ( ) located close to the input ( ) of the aseptic chamber ( ) to direct a jet of sterile air onto an intermediate longitudinal portion ( ) of the packaging material ( ) having preapplied opening devices ( ).

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Modena, Italy

Tiziano Di Fede